Shuttle Buses

MIT Exchange Bus

The Wellesley-MIT Exchange Bus provides transportation between Wellesley and MIT on weekdays for Wellesley and MIT students, faculty and staff ONLY. The Exchange Bus picks up and drops off at the Chapel, Alumnae Hall, MIT Building N52 on Massachusetts Avenue, Building 34 on Vassar Street, Kendall T Stop on Main Street, Building E40 on Amherst Street, Building 44 on Vassar Street, 77 Massachusetts Avenue (the MIT Student Center), and at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Click here for a map of the MIT campus.

Wellesley and MIT cross-registered students have boarding priority on the Exchange Bus. To ride the Exchange Bus, a current Wellesley College or MIT ID card is required. Guests of Wellesley students who wish to ride the Exchange Bus must present a ticket or token to the bus driver before boarding.

Current faculty and staff of Wellesley College and MIT must purchase a ticket/token/punch pass (each way) in order to ride the Exchange Bus. Faculty and staff need to show the bus driver their current id.

Tokens are for sale in the Campus Center for $3.00 each. Punch Passes (10 rides) are available at the Leaky Beaker, the Bookstore and the Housing & Transportation Dept. (PHY) for $30.00 each. There are two token machines in the Campus Center ATM area and one in the Stone-Davis laundry room.

Departure Schedule

Bus

Wellesley Chapel

Bldg n52 Mass Ave

bldg 34 Vassar St

Kendall Main St

bldg e40 Amherst St

bldg 44 Vassar St

77 Mass Ave

Comm Ave

Wellesley chapel

A

7:00 a

-

-

7:10

-

7:50

B

7:00 a

7:45

-

8:00

-

-

8:10

-

8:50

A

8:00

8:45

-

9:00

-

-

9:10

-

9:50

B

9:00

9:45

-

10:00

-

-

10:10

-

10:50

A

10:00

10:35

-

10:50

-

-

11:00

-

11:40

B

11:05

11:40

-

11:45

-

-

NOON

-

12:40

A

NOON

12:35

-

12:40

-

-

1:00

-

1:40

B

1:00 p

1:35

-

1:40

-

-

2:00

-

2:40

A

2:00

2:35

-

2:40

-

-

3:00

-

3:40

B

3:00

3:35

-

3:40

-

-

4:00

-

4:40

A

4:00

4:35

-

4:40

-

-

5:00

-

5:40

B

5:00

5:35

-

5:40

-

-

6:00

-

6:40

A

6:00

6:35

-

6:40

-

-

7:00

-

7:40

B

7:00

7:35

-

7:40

-

-

8:00

-

8:40

A

8:00

8:35

-

8:40

-

-

9:00

-

9:40

B

9:00

9:35

-

9:40

-

-

10:00

-

10:40

A

10:00

10:35

-

10:40

-

-

11:00

-

11:40

B

11:00

11:35

-

11:40

-

-

MIDNIGHT

-

12:40 a

Senate Bus

The Senate Bus runs between Wellesley and Cambridge from Friday evening through Sunday evening.

Tickets are required for the Senate Bus and are sold at the Wang Campus Center, the Bookstore, the Housing and Transportation Department, Out of Town News in Harvard Square, LaVerde's Market in the Stratton Student Center at MIT and at the Marlboro Market located on 45 Mass Ave. (at Marlborough Street). Tickets are required in each direction on the Senate Bus. Each ticket purchased at Wellesley College costs $3.00. Students are encouraged to purchase a punch pass of ten rides for $30.00. Punch passes are available at the Leaky Beaker, the Housing and Transportation Department and the Wellesley College Bookstore. Tickets purchased off the Wellesley College campus are sold at a higher cost. You may also purchase tokens for the Senate Bus. Token Vending Machines are available in the Wang Campus Center at Wellesley College.

The Senate bus drop-off and pick-up points are the Chapel,Alumnae Hall, Harvard Square at Johnson's Gate on Mass Ave., MIT/Kresge located on Amherst St. at McCormick Hall, and the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue.